Rapport de capitalisation sur le volet médicosocial du projet « Tamkine-Migrants » 2011 – 2014 d’appui à la prise en charge de femmes migrantes enceintes et de leurs enfants.

This Masters thesis paper, by Michael Maher King of the University of Oxford, reviews the situations of children in institutional alternative care in Israel and Japan.

In this opinion piece, Sarah Sagley Klotz shares her experience of growing up in a small Christian community in the US, learning about the needs of the world from sermons and videos, and later fully realizing the hardships of vulnerable and orphaned children in the developing world through her travels to Mongolia and North Africa. 

This article reports on delays in the implementation of a two-year-old law aimed at caring for orphans in the United Arab Emirates apparently linked to the delayed construction of a new and expanded shelter.

This report, from the African Child Policy Forum, is aimed at informing and accelerating pan-African, regional and national efforts to prevent and respond to violence against children.

Près de 24 nouveaux-nés sont abandonnés quotidiennement au Maroc, selon la dernière enquête menée par l’association marocaine Insaf. Ce constat, pour le moins troublant, a été soulevé lors des débats programmés par le Salon de la petite enfance et de la kafala.

This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of its examination of Tunisia’s initial report adopted by the Committee at its fifth session.

The Guidelines for Action on Intercountry Adoption of Children in Africa was adopted at the Fifth International Policy Conference on the African Child held on 29-30 May 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The objectives of the Guidelines are to facilitate and support the efforts of States to take all appropriate legal, administrative, and other measures to ensure that all persons and organizations involved in the adoption of a child act in conformity with applicable international legal instruments. Recommendations are set forth for central authorities and accredited bodies.

This paper describes a study that assessed the attitudes of people in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan toward the implementation of foster care as an alternative to institutions for children.

L’article aborde la prise en charge des enfants privés de famille en Algérie. Ces enfants sont pris en charge dans des institutions appelées foyers pour enfants assistés (FEA). Ces foyers ont augmenté en nombre, des progrès ont été enregistrés ici et là, mais beaucoup reste à faire pour améliorer cette prise en charge institutionnelle.